58. The ethnic foods that the Americans prefer _________.
A. are Italian and Chinese food B. are easy to prepare
C. have some changes in their taste D. are healthy and natural
59. Why can you find almost every kind of ethnic food in America?
A. Because Americans enjoy eating.
B. Because immigrants to America bring their ways of cooking with them.
C. Because it’
s easy to make ethnic food.
D. Because Americans like to try new-style cooking.
60. The third paragraph mainly tells us ________.
A. where you can find the delicious food
B. Americans like traveling to different regions
C. There are some special regions in America
D. Americans can enjoy some special food in special regions
61. From the passage, we know _________.
A. there is no typical American food in the US
B. natural food is the most healthy food
C. all Americans like to eat fast food because it is easy to make
D. the culture of a country decides its food styles
(D)
http://sympatico.msn.ca 01/03/2006 12:26:00 PM
BEIJING (AP) – The government is teaching the people “the right way to spit.” A college teaches students the right way to sit. Two years before holding the Olympic Games, people across Beijing are on an all–out drive to mind their behavior.
Visitors are often surprised to see people in China spit phlegm onto the ground.
Changing all that before the 2008 Summer Games is “important in providing a cultural and historical legacy to the world for China,” said Beijing city official Zhang Huiguang.
“We will work with newspapers, radio stations, TV stations, the Internet and mobile telephones to teach people the right way to spit,” said Zhang.
Zhang said her office is organizing a “behavioral training” activity that teaches people to line up for buses and turning off mobile phones during meetings.
But spitting is the most serious problem. “You have to spit into a piece of paper or a bag, and then put it into a dustbin,” she explained.
Zhang said her office has organized a small group of volunteers who are going to Beijing’s streets to hand out small “spit bags”.
“Public spitters already face fines up to 50 yuan,” Zhang said.
Others are taking a softer way.
Lu Chin was born near Beijing, married an American and spent 10 years in the U.S. She said her heart sank when she and her family returned to live in her homeland and she saw the spitting, littering and cutting in line. It caused her to start the Pride Institute, a private group that showing the great pleasure of being more polite.
“I’m trying to wake up a sense of decency. I know it’s there. I saw our beautiful scenery covered with plastic bags. Sometimes I think I’m the first one to see this and say, ‘Why do you treat our country like a dustbin?’ I’m just trying to wake them up and show them they can stop the bad behavior.”
